Dictionary Entry
quicken
quicken is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 25 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
- 2adjective
To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.
- 3adjective
To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.
- 4intransitive verb
To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.
- 5intransitive verb
To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.
- 6verb
give new life or energy to
"A hot soup will revive me"
"This will renovate my spirits"
- 7verb
show signs of life
"the fetus quickened"
- 8verb
move faster
"The car accelerated"
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- 9verb
give life or energy to
"The cold water invigorated him"
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- 10verb
make keen or more acute
"whet my appetite"
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